Dictionary definition: secondary growth

Article: Plant Body Weight-Induced Secondary Growth in ...
Plant Physiology;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... auxin-mediated regulation of secondary growth. We identified 700 genes that ... transition from primary growth to secondary growth. More than 40% of the genes ... vascular cambium in a process called secondary growth (Mauseth, 1998). Secondary ...

Article: Light and induction of secondary growth in ...
The Ohio Journal of Science;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... radial growth. Genetic studies of secondary growth have been very difficult and limited ... that inflorescence stems can produce secondary growth. When these inflorescences were allowed ... for eight days, a greater amount of secondary growth was seen as compared to those placed ...

Article: Shape and Form of Plants
Plant Sciences;      700+ words ... ... meristem of the main stem increasing plant height. The lateral meristems, which are also called secondary meristems, produce the secondary growth or the widening of plant stems. The two lateral meristems (the vascular cambium and the cork ...

Article: Anbar Called Secondary to U.S. Efforts in Baghdad
The Washington Post;  September 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ...American troops face "significant challenges" in western Iraq's volatile Anbar region -- the deadliest province for U.S. forces - - but military efforts there are secondary to the priority of quelling sectarian unrest in Baghdad, the second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq said yesterday. "Al Anbar

Article: Wellco to give NAFTA a secondary growth role. ...
Footwear News;  September 13, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Following is the first in a two-part series examining the significance of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement to two resources with domestic factories, Wellco Enterprises and The Timberland Co. WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (FNS) -- While an open Mexican market under the proposed North American

Article: QTAIM-DI-VISAB computational study on the diels-alder reaction of ...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Abstract: We have undertaken a QTAIM-DI-VISAB computational study of the dimerization of cyclopentadiene (1), the archetypal example of a Diels--Alder reaction that has been studied experimentally and computationally. Secondary orbital interactions (SOIs) that have gained acceptance in the

Article: Meristems
Biology;      700+ words ... ... throughout their lifetime. This type of growth is called secondary growth and is the product of lateral meristem. Lateral ... in many of the plants in which it is found. Secondary growth gives a plant added stability that allows for ...